fnora

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fnoʀō, from Proto-Germanic *fnuzô, from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to breathe; snort; sneeze”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfno.rɑ/

Noun

fnora m

1. a sneeze
2. sneezing

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	fnora	fnoran
accusative	fnoran	fnoran
genitive	fnoran	fnorena
dative	fnoran	fnorum

Derived terms

• *fnorettan

Related terms

• fnēosan

Descendants

• Middle English: snore, *fnore
  • English: snore
  • Scots: snore